South Africa

Pretoria - Deputy Minister of Public Works, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu has spoken openly about her challenges as a partially sighted woman.

Nelspruit - The Mpumalanga Water Indaba is expected to tackle the immediate and long term water problems affecting the province.

Pretoria -The ruling African National Congress has won the 2009 General Elections by a comfortable margin over opposition parties.

Nelspruit - Mpumalanga's new Premier David "DD" Mabuza announced his provincial cabinet on Tuesday.

Pretoria - Helen Zille is set to be the new premier of the Western Cape, following the Democratic Alliance's win in the province.

Durban - The Kruger National Park (KNP) will reserve three of its camps exclusively for foreign tourists attending the 2010 FIFA World Cup games.

Johannesburg - Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy, is to open the refurbished Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

KwaZulu-Natal - The Department of Defence and Military Veterans has convened a Board of Enquiry to investigate the cause of yesterday's helicopter crash in KwaZulu-Natal.

Bhisho - Bhisho Airport is expected to have the first commercial airline landing on its runways in the near future.

Pretoria- A fire which broke out at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court earlier on Monday has resulted in 12 prisoners being trapped inside the court building.

Pretoria - Provincial Health Departments have been directed to settle their debt to Nestlé South Africa which provides certain state hospitals with infant formula.

Pretoria -The ruling African National Congress has won the 2009 General Elections by a comfortable margin over opposition parties.

Port Elizabeth - Newly appointed Minister of Environment and Water Affairs, Buyelwa Sonjica has urged South Africans to use water wisely and consider it as an essential source for sustainable development.

Pretoria - Former President Nelson Mandela returned to his Johannesburg home on Sunday afternoon, following a successful medical examination at a Pretoria hospital.

Nelspruit - Farmers have welcomed the splitting of the former department of agriculture into two, saying their concerns will now receive more attention.